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- Title:
- Belinda Louie interview
- Interviewee:
- Louie, Belinda Yun-ying
- Interviewer:
- Hua, Joan, 1989-
- Date Created:
- 2019-12-20
- Role:
- Faculty
- Department:
- Education
- Subjects:
- children’s literature young adult literacy English Language Learning ESL Education Program College of Education classroom teachers recruitment Asian American Asia Pacific Cultural Center curriculum planning Joint Base Lewis–McChord (JBLM)
- Biography:
- Belinda Y. Louie (b. 1957) is a founding faculty member of the University of Washington Tacoma School of Education. She began teaching at UW Tacoma in 1992 to build the brand new master's in education program. Born in Macau and raised in Hong Kong, Louie earned three bachelor's degrees, a Master of Arts in Teaching (ESL), and a PhD from University of Washington in Seattle. Her scholarship specializes in children’s and young adult literature and English Language Learning. The Professor Belina Y. Louie Children’s and Young Adult Literature Library Endowed Collection at UW Tacoma Library, created in 2006, was a gift from her husband, Douglas Louie. They both have been active supporters in the Tacoma community and served as board members for organizations such as the Asia Pacific Cultural Center. They both received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Northwest Asian Weekly Foundation in 2017.
- Description:
- Belinda Louie shares her trajectory that led her to become a one of the three founding faculty of the Education program (now School of Education) at UW Tacoma. She recalls being a young scholar freshly out of her PhD program at University of Washington College of Education, participating in the extensive interview process on all three campuses, and her impressions of the campuses that led her to favor Tacoma over Bothell. She expresses her strong desire to support urban campuses and to serve the underserved, referencing her experiences growing up in Hong Kong and teaching in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She recounts stories about her popular literature classes in Liberal Studies (now Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences), safety concerns and challenges in the classroom, and a key recruitment plan she designed and implemented. At the end of the interview, Louie reflects on her appreciation for the UW Tacoma campus, her sense of mission in her work, and her insights into the state of primary education in the U.S.
- Location:
- United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Type:
- Sound; Text; StillImage
- Format:
- cpd
- Preferred Citation:
- University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington Tacoma Library, UWTOH201907